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Re:How Discord Won by ve55 on Monday October 19, 2020 @03:53PM (#24830225)
They have the market and the network effects, so the game is over, regardless of how profitable they are, if they get acquired, etc.
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Re:How Discord Won by twic on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:01PM (#24830312)
What network effects?
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Re:How Discord Won by ve55 on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:32PM (#24830668)
A user would have a difficult time leaving the platform, even if they preferred an alternative, unless all of their friends and communicates also left, similar to why leaving a platform like Facebook or Reddit can be so difficult.
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Re:How Discord Won by twic on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:52AM (#24835192)
Discord is mostly small groups, which aren't strongly coupled to each other. It's pretty easy to move a small group. I am part of a couple of small groups which have migrated between platforms several times. I don't think Discord has a network effect anything like Facebook's.
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Re:How Discord Won by ve55 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:22PM (#24840701)
Honestly, I think you would be surprised. Talk to some males aged 14-18 that play video games, and you may find that almost their entire social life and graph is on Discord.
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